Did you know there is a hair salon in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo? Perhaps it is common to embassies all over the world but it was news to me. I had the unique opportunity of getting my haircut there last week! I was there to help with a series of videos the Embassy has…

Did you know that rice paddies are noisy at night? I’ve been here at my in-laws in August and heard the frogs but this is my first time to visit in June. The paddy is full of tadpoles and within the last few days, the green tree frogs (Miyama Aogaeru) started to croak. I didn’t…

On my way home yesterday I was listening to an episode of Entrepreneur on Fire, a great daily podcast by John Lee Dumas. His guest, Sandra Singh, shared a quote and I knew immediately it was the new one for this week. “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn…